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If the end state of the fediverse is the same incumbent social networks running the federated social media sphere just like they run their walled gardens, what
by LexiMax 3y ago
If the end state of the fediverse is the same incumbent social networks running the federated social media sphere just like they run their walled gardens, what would've been the point of the entire exercise?
Meta already has their social networks. The fediverse doesn't need them, and I don't see why they "need" the fediverse either - unless their plan is Embrace, Extend, Extinguish.
- hughesjj 3y agoSo it'll just be a new set of walled gardens with no history we can evaluate? How is that better?
- LexiMax 3y agoYou and I must be working with different definitions of "Walled Garden." I can connect to multiple places on the fediverse with a single app. The app also works pretty consistently between servers and doesn't go out of its way to drive engagement with dark patterns or serve me ads.
- cyanydeez 3y agoBut your argument, as we've seen, only means resetting the enshittiffication clock. The next level tech would prevent the type of preferential monopoly.